Basic Motors and EV charging firm EVgo introduced that they’ve put in their 2,000th public EV charging stall, in Murrieta, California. With that, GM has met a deadline it set in September to have the majority of its deliberate 2,850 DC fast-charging stalls arrange by the top of this yr.
GM says the brand new station, which is close to Interstate 215 in Riverside County, serves 5 350kW quick chargers for as many as 10 EVs concurrently. It doesn’t point out whether or not these are strictly CCS chargers or in the event that they embody Tesla’s NACS ports, which have emerged because the de facto customary during the last yr and a half. We’ve requested GM for extra data and can replace if it responds.
EVgo president Dennis Kish mentioned that its relationship with GM has helped his firm “deliver public charging to communities in additional than 30 states throughout the US,” and that the corporate is working towards deploying its “first flagship locations subsequent yr.”
GM mentioned again in September that this community, which is distinct from one other deliberate 2,000-strong community of DC quick chargers at Flying J and Pilot truck stops, will embody 400 “flagship” gasoline station-style charging places. These shall be constructed out in main metropolitan areas of states like Florida, California, Texas, and Michigan, the corporate mentioned at present. That’s all along with one other EV charging community consortium known as Ionna that GM is taking part in together with automotive firms like Hyundai, Kia, BMW, and Stellantis.
